Ghost Recon Wildlands is the latest military game to cause a diplomatic incident

For some reason, Central and South American governments don’t like appearing in video games. The latest incident in this list occurred this week when Bolivia filed a complaint with the French embassy regarding the content of Ghost Recon Wildlands, Ubisoft’s newest military shooter.

Reuters reports that Bolivia’s Interior Minister Carlos Romero delivered the letter to the French ambassador.

“We have the standing to [take legal action],” Romero said. “But at first we prefer the route of diplomatic negotiation.”

The story fueling Ghost Recon Wildlands has a drug cartel controlling the Bolivian government, turning it into a narco-state that the player is tasked with dismantling.

For their part, Ubisoft said in a statement to Reuters that the game is a “work of fiction,” and Bolivia was chosen because of its “magnificent landscapes and rich culture.”

“While the game’s premise imagines a different reality than the one that exists in Bolivia today, we do hope that the in-game world comes close to representing the country’s beautiful topography,” Ubisoft said.

This keeps happening

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/03/03/ghost-recon-wildlands-is-the-latest-military-game-to-cause-a-diplomatic-incident/